Dictionary entry
Stoup
Pronunciation: /stuːp/
Pronunciation
/stuːp/
Myanmar Meaning
ရေစင်ထည့် ကျောက်ဇလုံ။
Definition
stoup /stu:p/ n ေရစင္ထည့္ ေက်ာက္ဇလံု။
Examples
- ‘The stoop
- or baptismal font
- has also been found and returned to the church.’
- ‘Among them were an 11th century grave cover
- a Norman window head and a holy water stoup
- which provide evidence that Burnsall had a stone church in the 11th century.’
- ‘One appeared to be a holy water stoup such as was found in Roman Catholic churches
- of a plain character.’
- ‘But she gains other layers as I explain about the stoup of holy water
- and as the unfamiliar sound of a mighty organ thunders and peals around us
- while for me the layers just keep on accumulating.’
- ‘A factory document of 1743 reveals that a series of holy water stoups had been commissioned by the nuns in the Royal Convent of Unshod Carmelites in Madrid.’
- ‘On the walls there were rosaries
- medals
- several pictures of the Virgin
- and a holy-water stoup made out of a coconut.’
- ‘II.3 has Iago left alone after Cassio's departure
- after he has wheedled him into drinking a stoup of wine.’